Legal Opinion
People v. Sutherland
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided February 9, 1973No. 72-2PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dixon
The defendants, Linda Marie Sutherland, Roxana Margurite Schultz, and Tonia Sue Papke, were charged in a joint indictment with the crime of publicly mutilating a flag of the United States in violation of the second paragraph of section 1 of the Illinois Flag Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 56¼, sec. 6, par. 2.) The defendants were all found guilty by a jury, each of them was sentenced by the Circuit Court of Rock Island County to pay a fine of $100 plus costs of suit, and each was placed on probation for one year. All the defendants have appealed.
The second paragraph of section 1 of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cohen v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Street v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- People v. SutherlandAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975
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